{"product_id":"the-freezer-door-paperback","title":"The Freezer Door - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMattilda Bernstein Sycamore\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA meditation on the trauma and possibility of searching for connection in a world that enforces bland norms of gender, sexual, and social conformity.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen you turn the music off, and suddenly you feel an unbearable sadness, that means turn the music back on, right? When you still feel the sadness, even with the music, that means there's something wrong with this music. Sometimes I feel like sex without context isn't sex at all. And sometimes I feel like sex without context is what sex should always be.\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Freezer Door\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Freezer Door\u003c\/i\u003e records the ebb and flow of desire in daily life. Crossing through loneliness in search of communal pleasure in Seattle, Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore exposes the failure and persistence of queer dreams, the hypocritical allure of gay male sexual culture, and the stranglehold of the suburban imagination over city life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFerocious and tender, \u003ci\u003eThe Freezer Door\u003c\/i\u003e offers a complex meditation on the trauma and possibility of searching for connection in a world that relentlessly enforces bland norms of gender, sexual, and social conformity while claiming to celebrate diversity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMattilda Bernstein Sycamore (mattildabernsteinsycamore.com) is the author of three novels and a memoir and the editor of five nonfiction anthologies. Her memoir, \u003ci\u003eThe End of San Francisco\u003c\/i\u003e, won a Lambda Literary Award in 2014, and her previous book, \u003ci\u003eWhy Are Faggots So Afraid of Faggots? Flaming Challenges to Masculinity, Objectification, and the Desire to Conform\u003c\/i\u003e, was an American Library Association Stonewall Honor Book. Her novel \u003ci\u003eSketchtasy\u003c\/i\u003e, was one of NPR's Best Books of 2018. She lives in Seattle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.05 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 24, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42729372614719,"sku":"9781635901283","price":21.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/32fc4ab1de23620d6749ccf0a41bb199.webp?v=1765121958","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-freezer-door-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}